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How to pronounce “sway”
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Pronunciation guide for sway
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of sway with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The Economic Opportunity Hidden in the Climate Transition
can sway our ability to achieve net zero.
- Definition summary
- The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce sway
The Economic Opportunity Hidden in the Climate Transition
can sway our ability to achieve net zero.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “sway”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.
- A rocking or swinging motion.
- Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side
- Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
- Rule; dominion; control; power.
- A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
- The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion.
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.
- (transitive) To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield.
- (transitive) To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade.
- (transitive) To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; to warp.
- (nautical, transitive) To hoist (a mast or yard) into position.
- To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
- To have weight or influence.
- To bear sway; to rule; to govern.
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